document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1194158>Question 1194158</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> P(A) = 0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(B) = 0.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A and B) = ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If events A and B are independent, then we can say:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A and B) = P(A)*P(B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A and B) = 0.5*0.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A and B) = 0.3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If A and B were dependent, then we cannot use that formula. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Instead we would have to say something like<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(A and B) = P(A)*P(B given A)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(A and B) = P(B)*P(A given B)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Many math textbooks will replace the word \"given\" with a vertical bar.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the instructions do not make it clear if A & B are independent or not, there is unfortunately not enough information to answer this problem.<BR>\n" );
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